diff --git a/ghost/admin/Gruntfile.js b/ghost/admin/Gruntfile.js
index bfd72862dc..cc3af6082f 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/ghost/admin/Gruntfile.js
@@ -59,6 +59,14 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
         },
 
         shell: {
+            'npm-install': {
+                command: 'npm install'
+            },
+
+            'bower-install': {
+                command: 'bower install'
+            },
+
             csscombfix: {
                 command: path.resolve(cwd + '/node_modules/.bin/csscomb -c app/styles/csscomb.json -v app/styles')
             },
@@ -69,6 +77,10 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
         }
     });
 
+    grunt.registerTask('init', 'Install the client dependencies',
+        ['shell:npm-install', 'shell:bower-install']
+    );
+
     grunt.registerTask('lint', 'Run the code style checks and linter',
         ['jshint', 'jscs', 'shell:csscomblint']
     );